The class will take place on five Thursday evenings: March 5, 12 & 26, April 2 & 9 from 7:00 to 9:00 pm. It also includes a daylong retreat on Saturday, April 4, from 9:30 am to 5:00 pm.

Location: First Unitarian Universalist Church, 1187 Franklin (between Geary and O'Farrell)

For Information: Call Jonathan at 415-994-5951

To Register: Pre-registration is encouraged, but there will be registration at the door on March 5. Register online or send a check for $50 (payable to SF Insight) to: SF Insight, P.O. Box 475536, San Francisco, CA 94147. Please include your phone number or email address on your check so we can contact you if there are last-minute changes.

What to bring: Please bring your own lunch to the daylong retreat.

This class will offer a deepening exploration of the practice of Insight Meditation, including learning more about the Buddha's teachings on awareness of the body, thoughts, and emotions. This class is intended for those who have an established meditation practice and are looking to deepen their practice in a group context. Each session will include guided meditation instruction, talks on the Buddha's teachings, and time for questions and dialogue to explore the application of the teachings and practice in the participants' daily life and experience. People of all ethnic backgrounds, sexual orientations, and gender identities are welcome.

Anushka Fernandopulle has spent time practicing intensively in the Theravada Buddhist tradition over the past 20 years in the US, India, and Sri Lanka. Other influences have been mystics of Christian, Hindu, and Sufi and traditions; creative arts; nature; service work; and progressive social change movements. Anushka has been engaged in social justice work throughout her life in such areas as youth development, HIV prevention, LGBT organizing, immigrant/refugee rights and grassroots community development. She is currently training as a dharma teacher at Spirit Rock Meditation Center.